Introduced in the Senate on May 21, 2003, to authorize felony penalties of up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine for the failure to properly dispose of a body within a reasonable time period. This bill was introduced following a grisly 2002 incident where hundreds of discarded bodies were found unburied at a Georgia crematory
The vote was 36 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 446 at Senate Journal 82)
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